Compare And Contrast The Columbian Exchange And The Spanish Empire

The development of the columbian exchange and the spanish empire created major population changes, brought new crops, and created wealth and power. Diseases wiped out some populations in the new world, while new crops increased other populations in the old world. New crops also became staple foods of some european countries. Wealth and power was exchanged from the new world to create the spanish empire. All of these things combined resulted in extensive changes in the old world and the new world.
Many diseases were exchanged in the columbian exchange, but the new world was affected the most. Since natives had no immunity to diseases from Europe, their populations decreased rapidly after contact with the Europeans. In densely populated areas,